Shoe rack



J. H. B'OYE April 1, 1930.

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April 1930. J.-H. BiOYE I SHOE 'RJACK 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 6-,1929 I James .H Bqyeg Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNITED-STAT S PAT Jmns :n.j'noYEr-or cnrcAeo, ILLINOIS, Assreivon T0 JAMES H..IBOYE'MA1\TUFAC-munme oortrnnv, or cn rcneo', ILLINOIS. A conronn'rron or ILLINOIS "SH EApplicationfiled Ju ne 6, This invention relates to shoe racks, havingreference more particularly; to racks for domesticuse adaptedto-conveniently support shoes whennot in use. My improved shoe rack hasbeen designed more especially for closet use,.being well adapted to bemounted on theinner side of a closet door, whereby,

when the latter is closed, the rack and its contents are out of sight.It will be manifest,

however, that, so far asthe structural features of the rack itselfareconcerned, it may be mounted on any suitable, or convenient pp i L Theprincipalobject of the invention has been to provide a very. simple,eflicient, and inexpensive'shoe rack for domestic use capable, as abovestated, of being mountedon the inner side of acloset door. Another.object hasbeento provide a rackwhich will support the shoes in a mannerpermitting free circulation ofair around all parts of the shoe and freedrainage of any moisture that may drip from a wet shoe when mounted onthe rack. Still another object has been to provide a shoe holder readilyadjustable to accommodate varying sizes of shoes; and a still furtherobject has been to provide a shoe holder that will. securely hold theshoe by the instep portion of the upper without any danger of cutting,scratching or otherwise marring the. leather.

Still other objects and inherent advantages of the 'inventionwill beapparent to persons skilled in the art as the same becomes betterunderstood by reference to the following detailed description, taken inconnection'with the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated asimple and practical mechanical embodiment of the invention and thepreferred mounting and location thereof, and wherein- Fig. 1 is a frontelevation of the device,

\ shoe holders.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, viewed from the right of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the right hand arm of one of the shoe 1929;Serial 'No. 368,904.

O C f t holders, as seen in pivot and clamp of one of the 5,

tervals on the bar 10 are mounted. a plurality of shoe holders, andsince these holders are all alike, a descriptionof one will suffice forall. In the form. illustrated, the holdercomprises a pair of upwardlydivergent arms111 and'12, I

preferably composed of flat metal strips." The lower portions of] thesearms are overlapped, as shown, and 'pivotally attached tov the bar 10 bya single pivot stud 13, whereby the arms canfbe adjusted angularlyrelative to each other to vary'the-width ofthe space between their upperends. At their upper ends the arms 11 and 12 are formed with blunt tipportions which are designed to engage with the instep portion of theupper just above the sole of the shoe, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1and 2. These blunt shoe engaging tip portions may be variously formed,but in the structure illustrated I have shown the upper portions of thearms 11 and 12 formed of reduced width and bent laterally asat 14 andthence upwardly as shown at 15,- the upwardly bent portion 15;beingextended beyond the portion 14in the direction of the inner edge of thearm, and said eXtensionbeing then bent backwardly by a suitable swag-Jing tool to produce a shoe engaging tip 16 the outer surface 'of whichis'rounded both lengthwise and crosswise so as 'to obviate any danger ofcutting, scratching, or otherwise marringthe surfacefinish of the shoeupper. As will be readily seen from Fig. 2,. the ing wardly offset tipextensions last described are the same on the two arms 11 and'12, butinversely arranged.

. The two arms of the holder, being mount ed in scissors fashion onacommon pivot'stud,

